Come just before the 60th, comes for 70 years. The Austrian capital will host the next edition of Eurovision Song Contest. The organizers announce this today. ORF, the public TV of Austria, retained the Wiener Stadthalle to start the largest musical competition in the world, which is hardly surprising: it is the largest closed arena in the country. After the victory in Basel last May of JJ with Wasted Lovethe great spectacle therefore falls to Austria.
For the occasion of the 70th anniversary, Eurovision, which keeps its slogan “United by Music”, has a new logo. The name of the event is now in the form of rather funny plump letters, and the “70” is highly highlighted. Swiss idea, Eurovision took place for the first time in Ticino in 1956.
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3rd visit to Vienna
This is the third time that the city of Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler and all the others has welcomed Eurovision. The first had taken place in 1967 after the victory, the previous year (following Sound doll wax doll by France Gall), of the Austrian Udo JĂĽrgens, who also became king of the Schlager. So rebelote in 2015, since in 2014, the colorful and spicy Conchita Wurst had won.
The organizers are delighted to plant the flag “in the heart of Europe, in one of the most musical cities in the world”, ignites the director of the tele-hook Martin Green. The ORF notes that it has examined several applications but that Vienna was “in terms of infrastructure and logistics, but also economically”.
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The mayor emphasizes accessibility to the less wealthy
Cited in the press release, the mayor of Vienne Michael Ludwig indicates that “we have presented a convincing global file, with enormous accommodation capacities, excellent infrastructure”. He specifies: “In addition, we have focused on the organization of many events related to the Eurovision song competition in free public spaces”; There, it recalls the Basel device this year, which has marked the spirits by the abundance of festive and musical places, free.
Small spike, on the other hand with regard to the Rhine city, whose housing prices have been noted, the Viennese mayor adds: “As mayor, it matters to me that cultural events are accessible to everyone, regardless of the size of its wallet.”
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343,000 visitors to Basel
In Basel three months ago, more than 100,000 faithful attended the shows at the Halle Saint-Jacques and the “Arena Plus”, at Parc Saint-Jacques, where free projections took place. The organizers have completed their balance sheet of a total of 343,000 visitors for the support program and public projections in the city. Each day, 23,000 people attended the village of Eurovision in the Halles of the Basel Fair, and sometimes 25,000 followed the Square Eurovision scene on BarfĂĽsserplatz, in the city center, where a pro-Palestine demonstration on the final of the final took place.
We do not yet have the overall assessment of the local revenue of the event, but for the hotel industry for example, the director of Basel tourism, Letizia Elia spoke of 50,000 nights recorded, of which about 3,000 in the inhabitant. From the start of the week, the hotel occupancy rate reached 85%, or even 95% in the second half of the week, significantly more than the usual average of 60% in May.
A world triumph
Eurovision 2025 attracted 166 million viewers, three more than the previous year, with an enviable, and growing position, over 15-24 year olds.
The 2026 final will take place on Saturday May 16, after the semi-finals of May 12 and 14. A first controversy is scheduled if the participation of Israel is confirmed, as this year.
The Austrian promotional clip unveiled this Wednesday, August 20, 2025:
